Foreign Investment in U. S. Securities

Foreign Investment in U. S. Securities
ISBN-10
1437927432
ISBN-13
9781437927436
Pages
24
Language
English
Published
2010-10
Publisher
DIANE Publishing
Author
James K. Jackson

Description

Foreign capital inflows are playing an important role in the U.S. economy by bridging the gap between domestic supplies of and demand for capital. Foreign investors now hold more than 50% of the publicly held and traded U.S. Treasury securities. The large foreign accumulation of U.S. Securities (USS) increases the risk of a financial crisis, whether as a result of the uncoordinated actions of market participants or by a coordinated withdrawal from U.S. financial markets by foreign investors. Contents of this report: Capital Flows in the Economy, and the Dollar; Purchases and Sales of USS by Foreign Investors; Treasury Securities; Corp. Stocks and Bonds; Foreign Holdings of U.S. Long-Term Securities; Economic Implications. Charts and tables.